Embassy of the United States

Press Releases 2007

USAID Pakistan Mission Director Anne Aarnes awarded 17 grants to Pakistani NGOs under the $16.7 million USAID-funded Pakistan Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project.

USAID Gives 17 Grants To NGOs To Promote Safe Drinking Water And Hygiene In Pakistan

Islamabad - The USAID-funded Pakistan Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project awarded here today 17 grants to Pakistani non-governmental organizations for awareness and mobilization of communities to practice good hygiene and sanitation, and to sustain water filtration plants.

“Unsafe drinking water is world’s second biggest killer of children,” said USAID/Pakistan Mission Director, Anne Aarnes, in her remarks on the occasion. “There is no question that the NGOs present here today will play an important role in helping communities sustain and better manage the filtration plants installed by the Government of Pakistan throughout Pakistan.”

Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Abt Associates in partnership with the Government of Pakistan, the $16.7 million Pakistan Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project is being implemented in nine districts of Pakistan and one agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). These include Shangla, Battagram, Mansehra, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Dadu, Lasbela, Muzaffarabad, and Mohmand Agency.

Support for this project is part of the $1.5 billion in aid that the U.S. Government is providing to Pakistan over five years to improve economic growth, education, health, governance, and for earthquake reconstruction.